Like the Loch Ness monster, the Israel lobby sometimes shows up in mainstream discussion, for an instant or two anyway… From the Progressive realist, thanks to Ali Gharib. Oh and by the way, this proves what I’ve always said, the absence of a Palestinian state even as Kosovo, Pakistan and Uzbekistan got theirs, is an American Jewish political achievement.
UN Ambassador Susan Rice is feeling the weight of the Israel lobby. She virtually said as much in a little-noticed talk she gave last week to the United Nations Association. Discussing the possibility that a resolution recognizing a Palestinian state could pass the General Assembly in September, she said, “And this would be exceedingly politically damaging in our domestic context, as you can well imagine. And I cannot frankly think of a greater threat to our ability to maintain financial and political support for the United Nations in congress than such an outcome.”
